straight reissue of the Thompson Sound LP from the late 90s it seems. bit of a shame to see this somewhat haphazard collection (and that not-great photo of Barry also from the late 90s) re-appear rather than a more carefully curated comp. of the Linval produced material. couple of the best tunes are missing, and at least one (but i think more as well IIRC) of the songs on the TS LP are just earlier tunes re-titled. still, better to see material like this be available again regardless. big up hotmilk sameway. sorry to be critical, but BB is my favorite artist!

RB wrote:straight reissue of the Thompson Sound LP from the late 90s it seems. bit of a shame to see this somewhat haphazard collection (and that not-great photo of Barry also from the late 90s) re-appear rather than a more carefully curated comp. of the Linval produced material. couple of the best tunes are missing, and at least one (but i think more as well IIRC) of the songs on the TS LP are just earlier tunes re-titled. still, better to see material like this be available again regardless. big up hotmilk sameway. sorry to be critical, but BB is my favorite artist!

Hot milk says most of theses tracks are all mostly unreleased and were shelved at the time and not released I think most are not unreleased and not unheard before now has anybody listened to the clips? Or As RB said most tracks were released on the Barry Brown Thompson sound Vinyl Lp

Final release of an album recorded with producer Linval Thompson way back in the early eighties, but never released at the time due to one thing or another. Featuring the late Barry Brown, head-top youth singer supreme, atop a selection of fine Roots Radics rhythms, many familiar from other better known cuts, recorded at Channel One and mixed at King Tubby's with Scientist at the controls.

I got the RSD set. It is very impressively done in terms of the packaging. And they made different Hot Milk labels for each 7", which I thought was going the extra mile. Very handsome. I admit it's gimmicky, like most RSD releases. But I think it was worth the price.

Oh, you asked about sound. I'd say the sound is good. I doubt anyone would be disappointed with it.

Thanks for the reply flashman, I'll probably pick it up. The combination of artist/producer/period in that format is too good to pass up. Need to add some reggae this year to my haul of Grateful Dead RSD releases

RB wrote:straight reissue of the Thompson Sound LP from the late 90s it seems. bit of a shame to see this somewhat haphazard collection (and that not-great photo of Barry also from the late 90s) re-appear rather than a more carefully curated comp. of the Linval produced material. couple of the best tunes are missing, and at least one (but i think more as well IIRC) of the songs on the TS LP are just earlier tunes re-titled. still, better to see material like this be available again regardless. big up hotmilk sameway. sorry to be critical, but BB is my favorite artist!

Hot milk says most of theses tracks are all mostly unreleased and were shelved at the time and not released I think most are not unreleased and not unheard before now has anybody listened to the clips? Or As RB said most tracks were released on the Barry Brown Thompson sound Vinyl Lp

Final release of an album recorded with producer Linval Thompson way back in the early eighties, but never released at the time due to one thing or another. Featuring the late Barry Brown, head-top youth singer supreme, atop a selection of fine Roots Radics rhythms, many familiar from other better known cuts, recorded at Channel One and mixed at King Tubby's with Scientist at the controls.

Does anyone have the Barry Brown Album Called Barry Brown On Thompson sound vinyl LP what is sound quality like? Is It good On The Thompson sound Lp or crackly and hissy pressing ? Or are some presses better then others? Anybody own the Lp on Thompson sounds?, Was curious as the 7inch boxset released for record store day was said to be of very good sound quality along with the c.d. released by Hot Milk Label. Anbody know if they were remastered by Hotmilk before being released is there any info on the maybe re-mastering of the C.D. album and the 7inch boxset?

Sound leaves nothing to be desired. But I just noticed one strange anomaly. Out of all the 7's, one side, Ketch a Fire, runs at 33 rpm rather then 45. In keeping with random quality issues typical of reggae releases. Wonder if it was done on purpose, tongue in cheek? Update: just realized it's probably just that the running time of that tune is too long to fit on 45.

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